Timed Item Life

[Lghtofthmoon]

Hi again, this time I want items that have been on the map but not picked up after 30 seconds disappear. Can anyone give me the trigger guidelines for this one? Thanks and +rep!

 

[kaboo]

are the item placed in editor or created/bought in the map or both?

 

[Lghtofthmoon]

Dropped by slain creeps.

 

[kaboo]

are they created with trigger or the unit has the item and drops it?

 

[Lghtofthmoon]

The creep has an item drop table. Hero kills creep, item drops on ground. (Creep never carries item). No triggers involved.

 

[kaboo]

creeps are controled by neutral hostile?

 

[Lghtofthmoon]

creeps are controled by neutral hostile?

Yep.

 

[kaboo]

and all creeps drop something?

 

[Ph[o]bia]

• asdasd
  • Events
    • Time - Every 30.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set Region = (Entire map)
    • Set Item = (Picked item)
    • Item - Pick every item in Region and do (Item - Remove Item)
    • Custom script: call RemoveRect(udg_Region)

I don't know if it will work , but it look good for me

 

[Lghtofthmoon]

and all creeps drop something?

This is getting us nowhere. Haven't you used item tables? There is a chance that a NH unit, when slain, will drop several different items (each with a 5% chance). So, every NH unit has the potential to drop an item, but it is very unlikely.

 

[kaboo]

im just asking because there is no event like item is droped or something so i have to go around it, now when i got all info i gonna think about it

@phobia - that will remove all items every 30 seconds, not after 30seconds lying on ground

 

[Ph[o]bia]

oh ! ^^ , this more harder then

 

[kaboo]

one last question - are you somehow using the custom value of items?

 

[tooltiperror]

I have a question, are items counted as units?

 

[Ph[o]bia]

I have a question, are items counted as units?

lol?

 

[Azlier]

Items are not units. Technically.

 

[Lghtofthmoon]

one last question - are you somehow using the custom value of items?

Nope.

 

[tooltiperror]

Items are not units. Technically.

But can they be counted as entering rects?

 

[kaboo]

But can they be counted as entering rects?

nope

 

[kaboo]

i dont know if its the best solution but it is the only one that came to my mind:

• init
  • Events
    • Time - Elapsed game time is 0.01 seconds
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set integer = 0

-this can be done at map initialization

• drop from creep
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit owned by Neutral Hostile Dies
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Wait 0.10 seconds {the item need some time to spawn there}
    • Item - Pick every item in (Region centered at (Position of (Triggering unit)) with size (250.00, 250.00)) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Item - Set the custom value of (Picked item) to 0
        • Set integer = (integer + 1)
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • integer Equal to 29 {set this to (item variable array size) -1}
          • Then - Actions
            • Set integer = 1
          • Else - Actions
        • Set item[integer] = (Picked item)

-integer is integer variable
-item is item variable with array 30 (i assume that there wont be more than 30 items on ground in the same time, u can also increase it if u want - but then u need to change when should be "integer" set to 1

• pick
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Acquires an item
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • For each (Integer A) from 1 to integer, do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Item being manipulated) Equal to item[(Integer A)]
          • Then - Actions
            • Item - Set the custom value of item[(Integer A)] to 16 {u need to change this to (desired time after that item will be removed) +1}
          • Else - Actions

-this prevents picked items from being removed

• hero drop
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Loses an item
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Item - Set the custom value of (Item being manipulated) to 0
    • Set integer = (integer + 1)
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • integer Equal to 29 {and again set this to (item variable array size) -1}
      • Then - Actions
        • Set integer = 1
      • Else - Actions
    • Set item[integer] = (Item being manipulated)

-if your items cannot be dropped or removed from inventory to ground then u dont need this

• remove from map
  • Events
    • Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • For each (Integer A) from 1 to integer, do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Item - Set the custom value of item[(Integer A)] to ((Custom value of item[(Integer A)]) + 1)
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Custom value of item[(Integer A)]) Equal to 15 {desired time after that unused items will disappear}
          • Then - Actions
            • Item - Remove item[(Integer A)]
          • Else - Actions

-and this one removes idle items from map - i set the time to 15 seconds coz i didnt wanted to wait 30 , i assume that u will be able to change this by yourself